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Drupal 7 module update failed: I was encountering the following warning when trying to perform an upgrade of Drupal 7 google_analytics module to the latest version. google_analytics •Error installing / updating •File Transfer failed, reason: Cannot create directory /public_html/sites/all/modules/google_analytics My immediately highly secure approach was to make the www-data user and group the owner, make… Read More »

warning: fileowner(): stat failed for temporary://update_zgp3da in update_manager_local_transfers

I dumped into this issue after moving a client Drupal 7 website from their Hosting Provider to my Superfast Web Servers powered by NGINX and Varnish Caching. warning: fileowner(): stat failed for temporary://update_zgp3da in update_manager_local_transfers Workaround: 1.  Login to admin backend 2.  Go to Configuration > Media > File System 3.  Check the values entered… Read More »

WSUS Console Cannot Open.

After installing WSUS3, you get the error below: MMC cannot open c:\***\wsus.msc. This maybe the file does not exist, is not an mmc console or was created by a later version of mmc. Or may not have sufficient access rights to the file. —————————————————————————– Microsoft Management Console 3.0 for Windows Server 2003 (KB907265) Brief Description… Read More »

Upgrading from ISA 2004 EE to 2006 EE

Migrating from ISA 2004 EE to 2006 EE is an easy process. Upgrade Guide for ISA Server 2006 Enterprise Edition However, you may run into some technical errors: “The ISA Server configuration cannot be imported because it was exported from a computer running an earlier version of ISA Server without requesting inclusion of the user… Read More »

OWA Red-X

When you access Microsoft Outlook Web Access by using Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 version of Internet Explorer, you experience one of the following symptoms. On a computer that is running Microsoft Windows Vista, you cannot perform any editing tasks that you typically expect to perform. For example, you cannot perform the following tasks: • Compose… Read More »

Error Code 10061: Connection refused

The page cannot be displayed when trying to access OWA Explanation: The Web server refused the connection, possibly because a service on the upstream server is inactive. ——————————————————————————– Try the following: Refresh page: Search for the page again by clicking the Refresh button. The timeout may have occurred due to Internet congestion. Check spelling: Check… Read More »

Setup Failed while creating ISA Server storage

Migrating from ISA 2004 Standard Edition to ISA 2006 Standard Edition and the installation comes up with the following error message “Setup Failed while creating ISA server storage”. The ISA 2006 installation rolls back, interestingly it wipes ISA 2004 off of the server. NB: Hoping that you took ISA 2004 backup before running ISA Server… Read More »

netdom query FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations)

Solution: Identify the computer holding the fsmo roles by using the command netdom query fsmo. C:\Program Files\Support Tools>netdom query fsmo Schema owner es-dc-01.esgnet.lan Domain role owner es-dc-01.esgnet.lan PDC role es-dc-01.esgnet.lan RID pool manager es-dc-01.esgnet.lan Infrastructure owner es-dc-02.esgnet.lan The command completed successfully.

-ERR Service not available (server error)

Using Outlook Express and receiving’ reported error (0x800CCC90) : ‘Your incoming (POP3) e-mail server has reported an internal error. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: -ERR Service not available (server error)’ When you telnet into your server using pop3 port 110 –… Read More »